Chapter 192 Sticky:

"Hair..." Rong Xie stared in shock at the strand of hair in his palm, rubbed his eyes, and looked again, "Your hair..."

"What's wrong?" Shen Bingsi asked half-jokingly, "Did you get darker?"

"It's turned black!" Rong Xie exclaimed excitedly, pulling hard.

"Hiss..." Shen Bingsi was pulled back and quickly pressed her scalp. "I only have this much black hair, don't pull it all out."

Rong Xie quickly let go of her hand.

Shen Bingsi pulled her hair to the front and saw that there were indeed a few black strands in her completely white hair, and there were quite a few of them, so they were very noticeable.

“It’s really dark now.” Shen Bingsi stared at the black hair.

“It’s black,” Rong Xie excitedly echoed.

The two stared at the hair, speechless for a moment, their chests filled with overwhelming joy. For cultivators, the most fatal Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man had actually been contained. It was like an ordinary person who was terminally ill and diagnosed by the doctor as surely dying, but then sat up from the coffin.

A miracle, this is a miracle!

Rong Xie disregarded everything else, hugged Shen Bingsi tightly, and buried his face in his back.

Suddenly, he looked up again and asked, "You didn't sneak some of that again, did you?"

Which one?

“It’s… the Golden Spear Invincible Pill,” Rong Xie said in a low voice.

Of course, the medicine Lu Yinglin sold to Shen Bingsi wasn't called "Golden Spear Unbreakable Pill," but Rong Xie didn't know its name either, so he used this name to refer to it.

The Golden Spear Pill can temporarily restore youth. Rong Xie suspected that Shen Bingsi had secretly taken this pill, which was why her hair turned black. In that case, he would be disappointed.

“No.” Shen Bingsi shook her head. “That medicine has long since lost its effectiveness.”

"It seems it's true?" Rong Xie hugged Shen Bing Si again, burying his face in his back, and said in a muffled voice, "That's great..."

Shen Bingsi held Rong Xie's hand, and the two were immersed in silent joy.

"Cough." A dry cough came from behind.

Rong Xie then remembered that there was someone behind them, and that they were standing very close to them, which made him feel embarrassed.

Shu Yang overheard "Golden Spear Never Falls Pill" from behind, hoping it wasn't what he thought it meant.

"Shuyang!" Shen Bingsi called out.

"Huh?" Shu Yang was taken aback.

"Land," Shen Bingsi said.

"Landing?" Shu Yang glanced down; below lay desolate mountains and wilderness.

"I want to test if my spiritual energy has recovered."

"Senior Brother Shen's spiritual power has recovered? Could it be—" Shu Yang looked at Shen Bing's hair, which was a mix of white and black, and suddenly realized, "So that's it! Senior Brother Shen's hair has turned black!"

“Yes, we just discovered it.” Rong Xie turned around and smiled. “It seems this trip has been very fruitful.”

"That's wonderful!" Shu Yang belatedly congratulated.

A moment later, Shu Yang spotted a gentle slope and landed there on his flying sword.

Shen Bingsi dismounted his flying sword, then took out the Shengxie Sword, took a deep breath, and slowly drew the sword from its sheath.

A golden light suddenly shone, and all three of them felt a bright light before their eyes.

"What a fine sword!" Shu Yang exclaimed.

Rong Xie was filled with excitement, gazing expectantly at the Shengxie Sword.

Shen Bingsi swung her sword and chopped at the tree in front of her.

A flash of golden light, and the tree remained completely still.

Shen Bingsi tossed her sword upwards again: "Rise!"

The sword fell into the grass with a "plop," its golden light still shining brightly, but it showed no sign of flying away.

"..."

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Shu Yang once again flew into the night sky on his sword, carrying two silent people.

Shen Bingsi's spiritual power had not yet recovered, so he was still unable to control his sword or use any spells that could only be used by those above the Foundation Establishment stage.

"It's alright. As long as the five signs of decay of the celestial beings are contained, that's a great thing," Rong Xie comforted. "Now we don't have to worry about you suddenly turning into a dried corpse, which means that Elder Hong's method is effective. As long as you continue to practice according to his method, you will be able to restore all your spiritual power sooner or later."

"Hmm...we'll go to Liujin City after Master's ceremony is over." Shen Bingsi nodded.

"Okay." Rong Xie happily hugged Shen Bingsi and pressed his face against his back.

"Shuyang," Shen Bingsi said, "close your eyes and ears."

"..." Rong Xie pinched his stomach. "Don't talk nonsense. How can you control a sword with your eyes closed?"

"Use your spiritual sense to see what you should see and not to see what you shouldn't," Shen Bingsi said. "All Golden Core sword cultivators know this."

"Really?" Rong Xie looked up. "When I reach the Golden Core stage, you'll have to teach me."

"That's for sure. Once you reach the Golden Core stage, I'll teach you sword control step by step. Whatever you want to learn, as long as I know it, I'll teach you." Shen Bingsi smiled and squeezed Rong Xie's hand.

The two intertwined their fingers, chatting and laughing in hushed tones, completely oblivious to the fate of the sword-wielding coachman.

Fortunately, Shu Yang really knew the method of using spiritual sense to see the road that Shen Bingsi had mentioned. He kept his eyes focused on his nose and his nose focused on his mind, showing extraordinary composure. He didn't look ahead at all, nor did he listen to anything else.

Two days later, the three returned to Yunfeng.

Elder Yunfeng was overjoyed to see Rong Xie and Shen Bingsi return. He pulled the two aside and asked them questions. At this time, Shen Bingsi's hair had completely turned black again, and she looked no different from usual, except that she could not use spells above the Foundation Establishment stage.

Shen Bingsi explained her situation to Elder Yunfeng, paused, and then said, "Thank you for sending Shu Yang to pick up Rong Xie. Without your support, I don't know if I could have recovered so quickly."

Elder Yunfeng was taken aback, staring at Shen Bingsi for a long time: "Shen Bingsi, have you been possessed? Why are you suddenly saying such human things?"

"When did I ever speak without humanity?" Shen Bingsi asked curiously.

"Look," Elder Yunfeng pointed at Shen Bingsi and said to Rong Xie, "that's more like it."

"Pfft." Rong Xie laughed.

Seeing Rong Xie smile, Shen Bingsi was in a good mood and explained to Elder Yunfeng, "Thanks to Rong'er this time, I not only stopped the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, but also resolved my inner conflict, so I no longer need to follow the original Path of Ruthlessness in my cultivation."

Rong Xie looked at Shen Bingsi with a smile.

Elder Yunfeng was shocked: "Really? This—this is unheard of! You won't suffer from the backlash of your Dao Heart again? And you haven't lost all your spiritual power?"

“Yes, although I can’t use my spiritual power yet, I will definitely not suffer from the backlash of my Dao heart,” Shen Bingsi looked at Rong Xie, her gaze tracing his facial features, then turned back to Elder Yunfeng and said, “That’s it.”

Rong Xie's cheeks flushed slightly.

"..." Elder Yunfeng shuddered. It was truly a sin to subject an elderly person to such torment.

Then, he met the eyes of Shu Yang, who was standing behind and had kept a certain distance from Rong Chen. Shu Yang's eyes held sympathy, understanding, and empathy...

Elder Yunfeng nodded to Shuyang from afar: "Shuyang, you've suffered. Go and rest. I'll find someone else if you need anything."

Shu Yang bowed to Elder Yunfeng and left with a sense of relief.

"Ahem, there's something I still need to remind you of," Elder Yunfeng said solemnly. "Although the Grand Elder has been gone for some time, in other people's eyes, he has just passed away. The overall atmosphere in the sect is still quite solemn. As his last disciple, you must not be frivolous or speak recklessly, understand?"

Elder Yunfeng's advice on this point was very insightful, and Rong Xie nodded unconsciously.

Since Shen Bingsi discovered that she could think and do whatever she wanted without suffering any backlash from her Dao heart, she began to let herself go. If it weren't for Shu Yang on her flying sword, Rong Xie really didn't know what she would do.

“Of course, I know that much about manners,” Shen Bingsi said.

Elder Yunfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

“However, presiding over the funeral ceremony is a big deal, and going up on stage with one’s Daoist partner makes it even more solemn.” Shen Bingsi said earnestly, while intertwining her fingers and holding Rong Xie’s hand. “If Rong’er and I go up together, it will also let everyone know that Rong’er is my Daoist partner, saving us from having to make it public again. Don’t you think that makes sense?”

"I say that makes no sense." Elder Yunfeng laughed angrily. "Your master is, after all, the Grand Elder of the Ruthless Path. What kind of nonsense is it for you to attend his festival with your Daoist partner?"

"Elder Yunfeng, please don't be angry. He has just recovered from the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, and his mind may not be working properly yet. Just think of him as crazy." Rong Xie smiled and covered Shen Bingsi's mouth, pulling him behind him.

"Sigh," Elder Yunfeng sighed, "I don't know if his change of cultivation path is a good thing or a bad thing? In the past, when he encountered clingy little Daoist partners, he was always the one to cause trouble. Although he offended people, at least the atmosphere was clear. Now, he has become the clingiest one... What do you call this, the dragon slayer becomes the dragon himself?"

"Elder Yunfeng, don't worry, I'll talk to him. If all else fails, I'll use a silencing talisman. As long as he doesn't speak, he's still a good person," Rong Xie comforted Elder Yunfeng.

"What... um... good people... bad people?" Shen Bingsi struggled to speak under Rong Xie's pressure.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Rong Xie raised his voice.

Shen Bingsi quieted down.

Elder Yunfeng glanced at Shen Bingsi, then at Rong Xie, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, "Well, it's fortunate that young friend Rong is keeping him in check. I really can't imagine what it would be like if it were someone else..."

“Of course there will be no one else,” Rong Xie interrupted Elder Yunfeng with a smile. “So, Elder, please rest assured. We’ll go back to Huanxue Manor first. Please send paper cranes to the manor to let us know when the ceremony will begin and what we need to do.”

"Alright! Then I'll trouble you, young friend Rong."

Rong Xie set up the Yunmeng boat, about to carry Shen Bingsi away, when Elder Yunfeng suddenly remembered something and called the two of them back.

"By the way, do you know that Mirror Palace has been capturing a monster recently?" Elder Yunfeng asked.

"What?" Rong Xie turned around, and Shen Bingsi also looked at Elder Yunfeng.

“That’s true. You’ve all been busy with other things lately, so it’s normal that you don’t know.” Elder Yunfeng sighed, his expression suddenly turning serious. “I heard that the monster specifically targets ruthless cultivators and has already harmed several ruthless cultivators from other sects. You must know Shang Gan, the new adjudicator of Mirror Palace. He claims to be in the late Golden Core stage, but he actually has the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage. He was entangled by this monster and died a very gruesome death. It is said that he was barely clothed and died like he coughed... died of a stroke.”

"Shang Gan is dead?" Rong Xie and Shen Bingsi exchanged a glance. "We heard last time... he only had an eye injury."

"It was something that happened one after the other," Elder Yunfeng said. "I heard they were harassed for several days, and it was like being tortured to death..."

Although I didn't have a good impression of this person, and he was dead, Shang Gan died while serving as an official in charge of exorcising demons. This monster was tantamount to directly provoking the Mirror Palace.

Moreover... this monster attacked Shang Gan first and repeatedly targeted the ruthless cultivators, making it hard not to associate it with the mimosa flower demon that swallowed the twig.

"I'm just reminding you all, after all, Shen Bingsi is now nominally cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness, and the Grand Elder's ceremony will gather many people from the Path of Ruthlessness, so it's hard to say what might happen," Elder Yunfeng said worriedly. "In short, you should all be more careful."